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"text": "I didn't know how to break the news to her that her best friend had been in a car accident.",
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"To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person."
],
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"(transitive with to) To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person."
],
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"word": "break it"
},
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"word": "break it to"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "tudtára ad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "elmond"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "közöl"
},
{
"alt": "неприятные",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "сообщить новости"
}
]
}
],
"word": "break the news"
}
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{
"form": "broke the news",
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"To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person."
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"(transitive with to) To inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person."
]
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"word": "break it to"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "tudtára ad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "elmond"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "közöl"
},
{
"alt": "неприятные",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to inform someone of something first, usually used when it will be difficult to tell the person",
"word": "сообщить новости"
}
],
"word": "break the news"
}
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